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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
6
James Courtney Challiss recounts a bygone shop tale from National Magazine. Partners Us We and Co ran a plain honest store with shared labor and affection until one summer they parted leaving Us and Co to mourn the loss of a guiding partner.
Deucalion and Empress Phorenice ride a trained mammoth through Atlantis during a siege. Fire and chaos scatter the crowd as the beast charges toward the harbor and plunges into the water, ending with a tense harbor-side confrontation and a dramatic capture of a girl from the rebels.
A narrator recalls a monastery burial on a silent sultry day. The dead monk lies without coffin as mourners chant Domine Miserere and Pity for a poor sinner. The scene ends with the chilling echo of the prayers and the grave filled.
W. J. Stillman cites Robert Browning’s Autobiography describing his mother’s extraordinary power over animals. A rare bulldog obeys her alone, defensive of strangers, while a cat and dog feud ends after a stern lecture, with the dog submitting and the cat remaining insolent.
Chelsea Gazette notes Mrs Jiggs proposed a $100 subscription at the club for a new hospital bed, contrasting with a Sellem's bed priced at $4.98, in a light exchange about social spending and appearances.
A humorous Punch cartoon caption shows First Young Wife asking if cooking is cheaper at home. Second Young Wife replies her husband eats far less now, implying financial relief from domestic meals.
A humorous quip notes that some men resemble lobsters by turning red when facing trouble, echoed as a light aside in the Chicago Daily News style.
A compact collection of historical quips shows quick thinking in awkward moments. Examples include Dr Porson dismissing a harsh opinion, Sheridan replying to a disagreeable maiden, Louis XVIV’s courtiers reacting to a royal illness, and John Randolph correcting himself in the Senate to call opponents mice.
A young man at an evening party demonstrates a cane standing unsupported by placing it between his knees and stroking it. He claims magnetism but admits wiring his trousers with an invisible wire to hold the cane upright when he moves his knees apart. The audience is shown how the illusion works.
A Boston Globe item describes a mild football variant with five players per side on an 80 by 30 yard field. Rules cover fair catches runs or tagged touches, kick order alphabetically, and goals via punt or drop kick with no tackling. Emphasizes speed passes, accuracy, and conditioning while noting optional interference to protect ball carriers.
Elephants in the British army in India are fed twice daily. At meal time they stand before piles of food and receive ten pounds of raw rice wrapped in leaves and tied with grass in two pound packages. On the command Attention each elephant raises its trunk and a package is tossed into its mouth. No grain is wasted by this method.
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